Hopeline gives support to those facing emotional distress

Sutton Hopeline was set up by Sutton Mental Health Foundation to provide Sutton residents who experience emotional distress an out of hours crisis service to:

• Help de-escalate a state of emotional crisis
• Offer the listening value of our trained Intentional Peer Support workers
• Help reduce pressure on A&E services
• Help reduce unnecessary admissions to Sutton Acute Psychiatric Ward (Springfield Hospital site)
• Prevent the development or aggravation of illness or distress by signposting callers to the appropriate services and providing them information they might otherwise have not had access to

Our IPS workers have gone through the official and accredited IPS training. They all have a lived experience of emotional distress or mental illness. Some of them have experienced admissions on psychiatric wards, others not.
Their experience paired up with their training and a very astute sense of empathy, as well as the fact that they are not medical professionals but ordinary people who have gone through difficult times, have proven to offer invaluable support to our Sutton Hopeline callers.
Details

People can call Sutton Hopeline on 02081508872 every Saturday and Sunday evening from 8 pm until 11.30 pm.

SUTTON HIGH SCHOOL

Sutton High School is an independent day school for girls aged 3-18. Founded in 1884 by the GDST, it continues to provide an academically rigorous and challenging education within the framework of a caring and supportive community.

It was the London Borough of Sutton’s highest placed girls’ school in The Times A Level Results Table August 2015 and GCSE results also saw an increase in the percentage of A* grades, up to 32%, with 40% of girls achieving 9 or more A* or A grades. Come and see for yourself why The Good Schools Guide describes Sutton High as “a school to watch”. Places for our Open Events can be booked online at www.suttonhigh.gdst.net

FREE CHILDCARE

*The scheme is available to Sutton residents who earn less than £16,190, receive Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit, Income Support, or other benefits, from the term after a child's second birthday, thanks to funding from the government.

The free childcare can be provided by nurseries, childminders, pre-schools or playgroups.